1 oz London Dry Gin
1 oz Cognac
.5 oz Lime Cordial
2 dashes Angostura Bitters
4 oz Ginger Beer
Shake all ingredients except ginger beer with ice. Add ginger beer and stir. Pour into a Rocks Glass or Suffering Bastard mug.
Aviation
2 oz London Dry Gin
.75 oz Lemon Juice
1 tsp Maraschino Liqueur
1 tsp Creme de Violette
Shake all ingredients with ice and double strain into Martini glass or coup.
Pina Colada
2 oz Don Q Light Rum
1.5 oz Coconut Cream
3 oz Pineapple Juice
1.5 cups Crushed Ice
Blend all ingredients in blender till smooth and pour into a Hurricane glass.
Margarita
2 oz Blanco Tequila (100% Blue Agave)
1 oz Lime Juice
.75 oz Triple Sec
Shake all ingredients with ice and pour entire contents into a rocks glass.
Garnish: Lime Wedge on the rim
For a sweeter touch add 1 tsp Agave Nectar
'Ti Punch
2 oz Rhum Agricole Blanc
1 tsp Canne Sirop
Lime Coin
Add rum and sirop to a rocks glass. Squeeze lime coin into glass and set aside. Swizzle gently. Drop lime coin in.
Planter's Punch
1.5 oz Dark Jamaica Rum
1 oz Unsweetened Pineapple Juice
1 oz Orange Juice
.5 oz Lemon Juice
1 tsp Grenadine
1 tsp Simple Syrup
2 dashes Angostura Bitters
Shake all ingredients except bitters with ice. Pour into double rocks glass or tiki mug.
Garnish: Mint Sprig, assorted fruit on skewer
Zombie
1.5 oz Dark Jamaica Rum
1.5 Gold Puerto Rico Rum
1 oz Overproof Dark Rum
.75 oz Lime Juice
.5 oz Falernum
.5 oz Don’s Mix
1 tsp Grenadine
2 dashes Angostura Bitters
6 Drops Pernod
1 Cup Crushed Ice
Blend all ingredients in blender, pour into Zombie glass or tall Tiki Mug.
Garnish: Float 1 half lime shell upside down in glass, pour some overproof rum into shell and light aflame.
Don’s Mix: 2 part Grapefruit Juice + 1 part Cinnamon Syrup
Old Fashioned 2
2 oz Bourbon
1 tsp Raw Cane Sugar
3 dashes Angostura Bitters
Orange Peel
In a rocks glass add sugar, bitters, and a slice of orange peel. Muddle orange into sugar/bitters mix. Add bourbon and 1 medium to large ice cube. Stir in glass till most of sugar dissolves.
Blue Hawaii
.75 Vodka
.75 Light Puerto Rico Rum
3 oz Pineapple Juice
1 oz Sweet & Sour Mix
.5 oz Blue Curacao
Add all ingredients to a Hurricane glass. Fill glass with ice. Stir gently till blue dissolves throughout. Garnish with pineapple slice and orchid flower.
Old Fashioned 1
2 oz Bourbon
.5- oz Simple Syrup
3 dashes Angostura Bitters
Orange Peel
Dark Cocktail Cherry
In a beaker add bourbon, bitters, and simple syrup and fill halfway with ice. Stir until glass frosts. Strain into rocks glass. Express orange peel over glass, rub around rim, and drop in. Add cherry and 1 medium to large ice cube.
Mojito
1.5 oz Light Rum
2 bar spoons Raw Cane Sugar
.75 Lime Juice
10-12 Mint Leaves attached to sprigs
Sparkling Mineral Water
Collins Glass (10 oz)
Place mint, sugar, and lime juice in Collins glass. Muddle to express mint into sugar lime mix, but not chopping mint. Pour in about 2 oz sparkling water and stir till sugar dissolves. Add rum. Fill glass with medium cube ice. Top with sparkling water.
Garnish: Mint Sprigs
La Floridita Daiquiri
1.5 oz Aged Light Rum
.75 oz Lime Juice
1 tsp Maraschino Liqueur
1 tsp Simple Syrup
1 cup- Ice
Blend all ingredients in blender, pour into martini glass or large coup.
Hemingway Daiquiri
2 oz Light Rum
1 oz Grapefruit Juice
.5 oz Lime Juice
.5- Simple Syrup
Shake all ingredients with ice and double strain into coup glass.
Daiquiri
2 oz Light Rum
1 oz Lime Juice
.5 oz Simple Syrup
Shake all ingredients with ice and double strain into coup glass.
Mai Tai
2 oz Medium Bodied Jamaican Rum
1 oz Lime Juice
.5 oz Orange Curacao
.25 oz Orgeat Syrup
.25 oz Simple Syrup
Shake all ingredients with small broken ice. (Crushed ice dilutes the drink too quickly.)
Double Rocks Glass, Short Tiki Mug
Garnish: Expressed mint sprig, 1/2 Lime Shell
Notes: The 2 oz of rum can be divided into a blend of 2 rums, but should always include some type of Jamaican. Dark Jamaican/Rhum Agricole Vieux, or Black Jamaican/Barbados are popular combinations.